Information on application and admission procedures

Welcome!

This page provides detailed information on the application and admission process for the Master of Education in Business and Human Resource Education. Please read the following information carefully, as we provide step-by-step guidance. Please understand that we are unable to accept incomplete applications, or applications that are not submitted by the stipulated deadline.

The application process requires the submission of several key documents.

• A list of the required application documents can be found here.

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  Admission requirements and selection process
  
  
  
  

  
  

  The Master’s programme in Business and Human Resource Education is a programme with open admission. Admission into the programme is based on proof of relevance of previous studies.

  
  

  Proof of relevance of previous studies

  
  

  
  
  • A minimum of six semesters of study culminating in a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent course of study with a minimum of 180 ECTS credits in the subject of Business and Human Resource Education or a closely related subject.
  
  
  • Applicants must have completed at least 150 of the 180 ECTS credits at the time of application. Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications that do not meet this requirement.
  
  
  • Completed 60 ECTS credits and course work in Economic Sciences including 30 ECTS credits in Economics and Business Administration.
  
  
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    As part of fulfilling the minimum of 30 ECTS credits course requirements in Economics and Business Administration:
    
    
    
    • A minimum of 18 ECTS credits must be completed in Business Administration
    
    
    • A minimum of 6 ECTS credits must be completed in Economics
    
    
    • A minimum of 18 ECTS credits from the modules must be from coursework that is of intermediate or advanced levels
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • A minimum of 12 ECTS credits completed in Educational Sciences (basic principles) and the basic didactics of Economics.
  
  
  • Course work in the area of research methods and empirical and quantitative social science research totaling at least 3 ECTS credits.
  
  
  • Credits from general practical studies such as internships totaling at least 5 ECTS credits.
  
  
  • A minimum of 18 ECTS credits completed in the second teaching subject.
  
  

  
  

  Proof of relevant language skills

  
  

  
  
  • If German is not your native language, you will need to submit proof of your German language skills (for a list of accepted documents, see: "Required application documents").
  
  

  
  

  Please note

  
  

  
  
  • If you have not completed your degree at the time of application, the current average score will be calculated.
  
  
  • For courses to be considered intermediate or advanced, the course content must clearly go beyond introductory or basic concepts.
  
  
  • Determining the relevance of previous studies for the Master’s programme in Business and Human Resource Education will be based on the documents enclosed in the application (see: "Required application documents").
  
  

  
  

  Further information on the application process and eligibility requirements can be found in the admission regulations ("Ordnung über die Zugangsvoraussetzungen und über die Zulassung") for the Master’s degree in Business and Human Resource Education (see: "Admission regulations").

  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Application periods
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Berlin Time Zone: UTC+2 / UTC+1

  
  

  
  
  • April 1 to September 30; 23:59 UTC+2 to commence studies in the winter semester (October) - Please note that due to the lifting of admission restrictions, the application deadline has been extended to 30 September 2025.
  
  
  • October 1 to March 31; 23:59 UTC+1 to commence studies in the summer semester (April)
  
  

  
  

  Please note that all necessary application documents have to be uploaded via the upload portal by their respective deadlines (September 30 and March 31). Subsequent submission of documents after the deadline is not possible.

  
  

  
  
  
  




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  Application form
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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    Click here for the online application form (online only during the application periods)

    
    
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

Application process

The application will be completely digital. If requested, you are obliged to submit original documents subsequently. The application process consists of four steps:

1. Fill in our online application form for the Master's programme in Business and Human Resource Education during the application period and send it by clicking the send button at the end of the form.


2. Hereafter, you will receive an email with a link to our document upload portal. The email also contains your login data (user name and password) for this upload portal. You will also find two PDF documents in this email: a summary of your data from step 1 and additionally a list with the required application documents that you have to upload (checklist application documents).


3. Go to the upload portal, enter your user name and password from the email and follow the steps in the upload portal to upload your documents.


4. Once the selection procedure is completed, you will receive a reply via email regarding your application. You can expect this possibly six weeks after the end of the application deadline.

Please check your application materials for completeness before clicking on “Binding Submission” in our upload portal. Unfortunately, incomplete applications, or those sent after the deadline will not be considered.

For any further questions, please feel free to contact the Student Advisory Service of the Faculty of Business and Economics - our study advisors are looking forward to assisting you.

We wish you the best of luck on your application, and look forward to hearing from you.